Will a woman pray at LDS general conference?

LDS Church officials Tuesday would neither confirm nor deny a published report that for the first time a woman will offer at least one of the opening or closing prayers during the church's annual general conference in April.

“While we make assignments and plan ahead for our meetings, there is always the option in the church for the presiding authority to make changes as led by the Spirit. We rely on heaven’s guidance in our meetings. General conference is no different. That’s why we do not typically publish a program in advance.”

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I have no problem with women praying in general conference or any where. Or
wearing pants to church. What does bother me is all this attention to minutia,
that distracts us from the core of the gospel, the atonement of the Savior. Are
we so concerned
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7:43 a.m. March 20, 2013

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dlw7

LOGAN, UT

With all the things that are going on in the world today, good and bad, what is
so important about women praying in General Conference? I can pray personally,
with my husband, with my family, in Sunday School, Relief Society, Sacrament
Meeting, Stake
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5:36 a.m. March 20, 2013

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timpskier

Pleasant Grove, UT

The reason it is important is because organizations (like the church) sometimes
inadvertantly send messages about what they believe through their actions. For
example, imagine that half of the church membership was of Asian ancestry and
over a
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